This will come in chapters. Let's see what you think of this, especially you, Lantz.
Satoshi is Lantz's OC, the guy you know and love from his Quests and the Flesh and Fantasy thread. Keyne is my OC, and yes, she's a girl.
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Planeswalking.
A dangerous art in which one forces their way through two dimentions with the use of the power of will, drugs, fumes or any other way specifically connected to the character of that person. In that way, one can pass through the tight passage between worlds and enter a new one in any time: the past, the present or the future. That world will always be a foreign one for there are no two similar worlds. Not because of time, not because of the people of that world. They're different because of their fates.
I read fates, though I am not my Father. I am a part of him though. I have access to the Records because of who I am. But I am also a mortal. A mortal living in the world beyond time. I will not tell you how I got here. That is not important right now. What is important right now is my small discovery.
As I skim through the yellow, used pages of my Father's precious book, I stumble upon a fate which I haven't seen in ages. That boy... that man... he is still alive. But I thought he disappeared entirely from the face of history...
Yet, he lives and is in good health. Furthermore, he travels from world to world saving people... and having lots of...
"Toshi-kun."
I utter to myself in astonishment. He has had outrageous amounts of sex and he's not even worn out. No, he's walking onwards steadfastly and restlessly.
I.. I can't believe it.
As I flip the pages, the letters of his name flash before my eyes. The text is rich in action. He's been saving our most precious friends and punishing our greatest enemies accordingly. Shirou, Arturia, Rin, Sakura, Illya.... he's seen them in so many realities, both good and bad. From the greatest joys to the most sorrowful of events. He experienced them all. He sometimes was the hero, he sometimes was the villain.
But he's always conscious about what he's doing. I don't know how to explain it, but those other Satoshis... they are all linked. Somehow, they are.
I turn another page. There is a lot about Satoshi as well. But...
What..?
Sex, rape, dungeons, torture, ghost house, torture, rape, bondage, sex, tea party, drugs, injection, sex, rape, drugs, torture, anal sex, blowjob, sex, rape, fucking, bondage, food porn, sex, drugs, hair, fighting, rape, samurai, light, darkness, minds, rape, bondage, porn, raperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperapera peraperaperaperaperapeTORTURE...
What the fuck am I reading?
"Toshi-kun? Just what is THIS?!"
I gasp. This... this was unreal. The fate of this Satoshi is bound to this world, but the entry here... it's the whole story of his journey. I can read it because I belong to his world as well. I can read it. I have read many ridiculous stories like that, but this is too much. The weight of it all is just too much.
We sort of knew each other, but never mentioned that to other people. I always remembered him as a nice, polite and kind of crazy guy, but for him to undergo such deviation...?
I'm somewhat devastated.
I must admit something. I have been trailing him from the day he left our world. It was a good... I don't really remember when that was actually. But it was a great deal of time ago. When he originally took his leave, the way had been shut. He cannot return here. His linked mind will always register what he had been doing, but he will pass that experience onto the next body he'll inhabit. He cannot return to the world of his mother and father, but...
'As I leave that Godforsaken place, I find myself again on the white string of time in between two planes of existence. A mysterious and delicate fragrance hits my nose, though I know for sure that the passage cannot have smells. It's almost familiar, like a grassy field full of morning dew and sunshine. Where did I...'
I close the book with a slam. I get up from my lying position and look into the distance. He...
"He's here??"
There is no doubt about it. A planeswalker will recognise their homeworld when they come accross it. He's close. Very close.
This place, Avalon, is shut away from any unworthy or filthy existence, but.... it is the smell of home he's sensing right now. And Avalon, our Avalon, is eternally bound to the world we came from.
The Eternal Shadow I command engulfs my naked body and creates a shroud of pure blackness from my neck to my anckles, completely sealing my body from any sight. Plus, it has elegant, long sleeves, too. This place is vast, although called an island, and warm all year around, so I can allow myself some carefreeness when no-one's around, right?
I gather my soft, brown hair from my left eye and slowly open it. Once I've done it, power in the form of semi-transparent scarlet fumes escape the bloody red iris. I brush the hair behind my ear and look at my surroundings with both eyes. Mind you, I do this very rarely.
"Yes, he is approaching. I see him clearly now."
Even though the passage has a fragrance in this specific example, it has no other source of light than the white, glowing line he's walking on. To describe it clearly, it's like a grotto with an echo and a pathway with lanterns. It's usually mute there, unless someone's passing. Then you can hear the glassy sounds of the vein underneath you echoing about. A gate to a world is like the surface of a lake. Throw a stone in or put your finger into it and you will create circles. When you walk through it, you'll feel cold and moist, something like plunging into the lake, but that's all just an illusion. You will wake up at a random location and start your "new" life.
But Satoshi will not enter. He can't and he knows it.
"Then I guess I'll go an meet him."
And with that thought, I disappear.
"Now I recognise this smell. But I shouldn't be here. Why have I come here?"
Satoshi asks himself questions as he approaches the gate. He's troubled because his path lead him to a dead end. The most pleasant dead end, but still a dead end.
"I can't return home."
He also knows he can't force through the gate he's left behind. Once one passes through a dimentional gate, it's a one-way ticket. You must go froward and pass through the gate at the end of the passage. But right now, he's in the greatest pinch of his life. He can't get in and he can't get out. He's trapped.
"What seems to be the problem?"
"Who's there?"
Satoshi looks around, waiting for an answer. He clenches his fists and awaits.
I can see his tension rising. I think this is the first time he's met someone in this dark corridor, another planeswalker.
"Hahah. Uptight as ever, aren't you..."
I emerge from the darkness and stand before him.
"Toshi-kun."
I give him my best smile. I've once been told that my smile would make a Geiger's measuring device go mad from its radiance. I'm still testing that. Anyway, I always though my toothy smiles were cute.
"K-keyne?"
Oh, he recognised me. That's a good start.
I open my eyes and take a good look at him from a close distance. He's grown up since I last met him. I'm pretty tall myself for my body's age and if I could, I'd still give him a nice headbutt to the chin... but he really is tall. And that ruffled blond mop on his head, so much like his father's at least in appearance, not the color. And those emerald eyes of his, so much like his mother's. All in all, quite handsome indeed. A pity he's got so lewd...
"Yes, it's me, Toshi-kun. Long time, no see."
I put my hands on my hips.
"Indeed. It was a while since I saw..."
Oh, a pause.
"Don't look at me with that eye."
He suddenly exclaims hiding his face with his right forearm.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
I ask playfully. I know what's going on. But I'm not going to tell you! Fufu~n <3
I close my left eye and cover in with my hair. Now, I look just like always.
"Ok, it's closed."
He unblocks hiv vision and sighs loudly.
"You really are a troublemaker, aren't you?"
"How else would I know where to find you? There are so many gates..."
"Alright, alright. I get it."
His shoulders slump, but I can tell he's more relaxed right now. Now that I look at him, these journeys of his have really made him quite a man... or maybe it's because I haven't seen him for ages. I can't tell.
"So, how's it going, Hero of Justice?"
"Ugh!"
He flinches. I giggle.
"You have to poke at the wound, eh?"
I walk toward him and stop just a few feet from him. He's really towering over me! Not that it's intimidating, of course. His cheeks blush a bit. My vision is sharp, so I can catch such details easily. He also backs a pace.
"C'mon, tell me.You could tell your old friend a story, huh?"
I insist. Well, it's true. He could indulge me a bit. I'm not asking for the impossible, right?
"Yeah, and what will I get in return?"
He smirks at me and crosses his arms on his chest. Oh, so that's how he wants to play? A bargain, isn't it?
"Hmm? It depends on the quality of your story. Consider it as an exam of sorts. Your prize will be based on your how good your storytelling skills are, Toshi-kun."
I smile at him again. I can't make any promises just yet, but he might do it because there surely will be a prize.
"Let's see... you do drive a hard bargain, but the conditions are benefitial for me, too..."
He's looking at me now. His eyes measure me from top to bottom. Of course what he can really see are my head, neck, hands, wrists, ankles and feet, but I can sense the intensity of his stare. He takes a breath and makes a thinking pose, with his hand resting on his chin.
"Just a question. What would you give me if my story was extraordinarily great?"
Oh, that approach. Let's tackle that. Maybe I'll figure out his motives.
"I'd think of something good. What would you like, Toshi-kun?"
I smile warmly at him and...
"How about yo-"
"No."
...kill his wish mercilessly with my cold words and icy glare.